Ongoing
Campaigns
Civil society groups across the world are turning their attention to the role played by the bond market in facilitating climate destruction. Below we feature some of their most pressing campaigns.
This page will be updated regularly so please do come back and check the updates.
If you're working on a climate focussed campaign targeting a bond issuer, arranger or investor and would like it featured here reach out at toxicbonds@sumofus.org
Banks and Investors: Get Out of Adani
A top investment research firm dropped an explosive report calling Adani “one of the largest corporate frauds in history." But it’s not enough to stop CEO of Adani Group, Gautam Adani - yet. It will only be stopped once investors pull out.
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Tell Barclays: it's time to break up with Adani
Right now the Adani group is in big trouble and Barclays is doing what a good bestie would do - trying to assure big investors and finance that Adani is still good.
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KEPCO needs bonds to keep expanding coal and gas. Investors could stop them.
If we push some of the world's most influential investors TIAA, abrdn and PIMCO to stop buying KEPCO´s bonds it will give them no choice but to speed up the transition to clean energy.
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SumOfUs calls on Blackrock to boycott Adani bonds
Coal baron Gautam Adani is trying to issue a massive $1bn bond for his airport. The money raised will free up his finances to finish the reef-destroying Carmichael coal mine.
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Email Banks and Investors: Say No to Adani Greenwashing
SumOfUs and Toxic Bonds Initiative calls on Blackrock, Vanguard and PIMCO to divest from the Adani Group's bonds and shares.
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Total greenwash: tell investors not to buy Total's Toxic Bonds
SumOfUs calls on investors to boycott Total’s Sustainability-Linked Bonds. Sustainable finance should not be used to fund fossil fuel expansion.
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Deutsche Bank: don't raise debt for Whitehaven
SumOfUs and Market Forces call on Deutsche Bank to take no further part in arranging finance for Whitehaven, or other companies expanding the coal industry.
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Calling out JBS's Sustainability-Linked Bond
Mighty Earth calls on investors to boycott JBS’s Sustainability-Linked Bonds over concerns for forest destruction and displacement of Indigenous communities.
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High-flying greenwash: a new green bond for Hong Kong Airport
Reclaim Finance tells banks that investing in Hong Kong Airport Authority’s green bonds for a new runway is blatant greenwashing.
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Bondholders challenged JICA to Stop Supporting Coal Projects
29 organizations, including JACSES, demand that the Japanese Government rule out support for coal-fired power plant projects in Bangladesh and Indonesia.
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Call on Standard Chartered to align net zero ambition with reality
Market Forces and the Friends Provident Foundation have filed a shareholder resolution calling on the bank to live up to its ‘Net Zero by 2050’ pledge.
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JICA faces US Securities complaint for ‘misleading’ investors on coal
JACSES and other Japanese organizations file a complaint to SEC on JICA’s bond issuance.
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